CreateSpace and Editing and Money Things: Dead Light District and Me
Let’s say you are going to publishing a book, and you are going to self-publish it. Now, there are a few things that you will need to understand. 1) You will spend money on your book. Self-published or not, you…
E-Books and Paper-Bound Books? Would You Publish Both Formats?
I was asked will I be publishing an e-book? well this is a good question, and one which I think will take a good bit of time to work out. My first thought was to answer no, but then my mind…
Telling Stories: Does This Mean Writing A Book and Making Money?
This is something that many writers have faced, myself included. You tell some one you are a writer and then they will either say “do you have a job?” (or something to that effect) or they will begin to tell…
Can Writing Be This Easy? Can You Make Money From It?
I have entered a bit of a debate with some fellow writers. Here is the commentary: When you write you should be able to make money with your writing. Now, taken to the next level is it possible to make…
Writing an Excellent Blog Post
Writing a good blog post is easy. Almost any writer can write a good blog post, but writing an excellent blog post is harder to do. Blogging is a great writing career, but it can also be challenging. I was…
Thinking About Self-Publishing with AuthorHouse or Xlibris?
AuthorHouse, iUniverse and Xlibris are a vanity presses. That is the end of the story — at least it is for many writers. They know about how self-publishing works, even if they won’t self-publish but they also feel there are more…
A Money Thing: Check Your Sources.
There is something about writing and having a point of view that can be a challenge. The thing about sources is that you will have to think about where and why these were published. This holds all the more true…
Publishing Can A Harder Than You Think
It seems that this is the year in which many writers want to take that next step and get that work-in-progress book published. It is not that hard to be published, but at the same time, the whole concept of…